It’s Proposal Season! The frosty air is heavy with the anxiety of the soon-to-be betrothed. I can feel it. As a sister of a very eligible bachelor, I was recently nagging my brother on how he was finally going to pop the question to his beloved girlfriend. He very serenely told me, he isn’t: She wants to propose. My first reaction was, "Right on, girl!". She knows what she wants and how to communicate it. But no matter your gender, proposing can be taxing and complicated.

Let me toss out a few stepping stones to make navigating the path simpler.